> The more I speak with fellow engineers, the more I hear that some of them are either using AI to help them code, or feed entire projects to AI and let the AI

> The more I speak with fellow engineers, the more I hear that some of them are either using AI to help them code, or feed entire projects to AI and let the AI code LLMs do help but to a limited extend. Never heard of anyone in the second category. > how do you future-proof your career in light of, the inevitable, LLM take over? Generally speaking, coding has never been a future proof career. Ageism, changes in technology, economic cycles, offshoring... When I went into that field in early 2000s, it was kind of expected that most people if they wanted to be somewhat successful had to move eventually to leadership/management position. Things changed a bit with successful tech companies competing for talents and offering great salaries and career paths for engineers, especially in the US but it could very well be temporary and shouldn't be taken for granted. LLMs is one factor among many that can impact our careers, probably not the most important. I think there's a lot of hype and we're not being replaced by machines anytime soon. I don't see a world where an entrepreneur is going to command an LLM to write a service or a novel app for them, or simply maintain an existing complex piece of software.